| 单词 | shtick |
| 例句 | “I know. I was surprised too. But I think I’ve earned street cred with her because of this whole director shtick.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Beck ended the main portion of his show at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Monday with the evening’s only true bit of shtick, unspooling a roll of yellow police tape across the length of the stage. Beck Promotes ‘Morning Phase’ at the Hammerstein Ballroom 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Ultimately it seemed a shallow expression, especially in light of the work of other designers here who have shown collections that spoke loudly without a big shtick. Fashion Review: Versatility, Sometimes a Little Too Much 2010-03-08T05:24:00Z If you’re not familiar with her shtick, you could be forgiven for thinking it a cynical move to get the ratings up. 'The people’s yogi': how Adriene Mishler became a YouTube phenomenon 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The assembled talent was no joke, though, and the tiresome comic shtick was an unnecessary distraction. Review: ‘Pompie’s Place,’ a Blues Club in a Time Warp 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z The title of the show gives a pretty clear indication of the Johansson shtick. This week's new comedy 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z Sure, it's shtick that only cocktail geeks appreciate. Rocco's: more than pizza and beer in Belltown 2012-11-07T21:02:04Z In a second episode tirade that seems aimed squarely aimed at the soured shtick of C.K., Louis C.K. is back, and it's bad: Leaked stand-up set shows he's lost more than his reputation 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Putting aside the use of blackface by Miller and Lyles, who made room in the musical for their popular shtick, this ragtag show isn't an easy fit for contemporary sensibilities. 'Shuffle On' delivers a powerful kick from Broadway's musical past 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The film's director, Ben Drew, devised his Plan B shtick for the more accommodating world of rap. Ill Manors just wants a little respect for our gangsters 2012-06-06T11:07:56Z They’ve all been encouraged to show off their goofiest shtick like so many peacocks spreading their tails for public admiration. ‘You Can’t Take It With You,’ Handled Properly, Ages Well 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z I think it started as a legit "wow!" reaction, and that I replied jokingly as if I was unaware of the change made it seem like "our shtick." Perspective | Carolyn Hax: And on Father’s Day, you can give him a World’s Best Cad mug 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z My mother, fully committed to the shtick, snaps at him, protecting the bare turkey bone as if she is a famished wolf. My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Never knowing who would be interviewed or what would be said, he ad-libbed, and that became his shtick. Larry King, Breezy Interviewer of the Famous and Infamous, Dies at 87 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z As with his earlier pictures, Baumbach doesn't court easy popularity and in what is his most extended dramatic role to date, Stiller constantly, deliberately tests our patience by scrupulously avoiding anything resembling comic shtick. Greenberg 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z She also incorporated the whole experience in her stand-up comedy shtick. ‘Dangerous Boobies’: One woman’s experience ‘breaking up with’ her breasts 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Still, this album is less pungent than the two electrifying ones he released in 2008, “Definition of Real” and “Da REAList,” his signature style now approaching shtick. Critics? Choice: New CDs: New CDs 2010-06-27T21:17:00Z This screwball road movie of dirty jokes and bad manners pairs Russell Brand's brainy madness with the sardonic shtick of Jonah Hill. The Week Ahead: Tom Petty, Joe Cocker, 'Cider House Rules' on stage are arts highlights 2010-06-02T22:29:00Z I just find that shtick very funny, and I find it very relatable, I guess, being an awkward teenager. Stephen Merchant Is an Unsmooth Criminal 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z But if the shtick is mostly schlock, at least the visuals are stylish. Opera Review: Die Fledermaus at the Met, via Douglas Carter Beane 2014-01-01T16:04:50Z The vaudeville roots are deep, though, as Vladimir and Estragon swap one-liners and physical shtick. A rock. A road. A tree. How set designers for 20th century’s most famous play change it up. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Now, a mix of original and new cast members will perform their movie-mocking shtick live on the “Watch Out for Snakes!” tour. Comedy in NYC This Week 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Such shtick comes and go like a squall. Andrew Dice Clay enjoys another roll, with help from Woody Allen 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z And in Cain, he sticks to the shtick. Cain by Jos? Saramago ? review 2011-07-15T21:55:02Z But some of the city's more thoroughly inked and pierced music lovers greet Meloy's name with a restrained groan, suggesting that his narrative exploits may be verging on shtick. A dark lyricist turns to tales for children 2011-10-13T18:19:41Z It looks as if Hope might be capable of coming up with her own shtick, and it would have been interesting to see the supporting cast receive a little more agency. Review: A Faithful ‘Kinky Boots,’ With All Its Pizazz and Pitfalls 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z “I think she was aware she had a shtick and she knew it was good,” Mr. Guccione said. Not Done Yet 2010-10-08T21:40:00Z Besides, as Mr. Headley reminds readers countless times in “Fancy Desserts,” the punk-rock shtick is sort of a cover-up for his real identity. Brooks Headley’s Cookbook ‘Fancy Desserts’ Doesn’t Do Fancy 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Anyway, something like that; it's 's old Ark of the Covenant shtick, employed without shame or innovation in dozens of fantasy films. Conan the Barbarian: That's Sado-tainment! 2011-08-18T17:50:00Z If you're not yet familiar with the Wehn shtick, it involves a sizeable portion of reclaimed German stereotypes, a dollop of fond contempt for the British, and a hefty helping of silly one-liners. This week's new comedy 2013-02-02T06:00:15Z On the other end of the spectrum, the Hot Box numbers find a sweet spot between cute and tacky that’s right in sync with the delightful Adelaide’s old-fashioned showgirl shtick. A lively ‘Guys and Dolls’ that’s easy on the eyes and the ears 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z He’s a performer, and there are moments when audiences will surrender to his shtick. Movie Review: ‘That’s My Boy,’ With Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg 2012-06-15T00:22:48Z His songs – including 38 top-40 hits -- have been covered by artists ranging from UB40 to Urge Overkill, but nobody does the solitary-man shtick better or more persuasively than Diamond himself. Concert review: Neil Diamond at United Center 2012-07-07T05:45:00Z Mr. Philbin made insecurity and professional envy part of his shtick, but he was not always kidding. The TV Watch: Regis Philbin Says Goodbye on ?Live!? 2011-11-18T22:00:56Z Though he was meant to represent the new, late-model television weatherman, Mr. Scott brought to the job a brand of shtick that harked back to earlier times. Willard Scott, TV’s Clown Prince of Sun and Showers, Is Dead at 87 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z A taste for shtick is all but required to enjoy “Dinner With the Boys” at the Acorn Theater. Review: At ‘Dinner With the Boys,’ a Serving of Mafia Jokes 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z I’m happy for her: in a way she had the toughest role in the show since she couldn’t do goofy shtick and had to play a real character with some heart and sincerity, and did. ArtsBeat: 'Book of Mormon' and 'War Horse' Win Big at Tonys 2011-06-13T03:23:03Z With 12 overlapping sets on Sunday night at Webster Hall, Globalfest included dance music, protest songs, tradition, fusion, electronics, shtick, spirituality, camp and the blues. Globalfest Showcases the Sounds and Traditions of World Music 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z You can aspire to be your own version of awesome, without having to listen to any advertiser whose shtick is all about heaping criticism. How The Media Makes Men Hate Their Bodies Too 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Day, a friend and bandmate of Prince’s from the early days, still looks good, and still moved smoothly through the campy, egomaniacal shtick that has served him well for decades. Let’s Not Go Crazy: The Grammys Missed an Essential Part of Prince 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z For instance: intrigued by that phone call, Mr. Malco gave Tijuana’s shtick a makeover. How Romany Malco Became an Early Online Star 2012-04-13T17:30:00Z There were silly moments, and she knows how to lean into a shtick, but the self-love sermons were the real draw for the almost entirely female audience and Lizzo always came back to earnestness. Will Lizzo Rule the Grammys Like She Owned 2019? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The ranting Scouse commie shtick is as funny as ever, but is now offset by thoughtfulness, even vulnerability. Alexei Sayle – review 2013-01-24T17:46:05Z Pink still sprinkles her songs with four-letter words that won’t be heard on radio; what may have started as bad-girl bravado is turning into a shtick. New Music: Albums From Pink, Dwight Yoakam and Aimee Mann 2012-09-17T22:14:32Z Stretched out to feature length, the shtick becomes nearly unbearable - until, of course, the movie doles out its obligatory comeuppance, followed by redemption, and goes all soft and nice. Capsule reviews of new movie releases 2013-03-13T18:10:09Z Maybe it was just a shtick, or maybe she finally accepts that she’s a performer of almost merciless confidence, and that the adulation is earned. A Year of Concerts With Staying Power 2013-12-29T22:45:02Z The production’s strange combination of comic shtick and existential weariness makes it feel rather like a long-running sitcom being filmed before a live audience that knows its characters’ signature tics and flourishes by heart. Theater Review: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ by David Mamet, With Al Pacino 2012-12-09T03:00:00Z There are actors, such as Steinfeld, who can sing as well as they can act, but most of these performers seem to be more comfortable delivering shtick than arias. Imagination at play in a simple but joyful 'Into the Woods' 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z The shtick is that Leo drives Cat around on her cases, and she tries to address his immigration and legal troubles. ‘Taxi Brooklyn’ Features Savvy Cabby and Curt Cop 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z This prose style is Self’s shtick, along with issuing provocations in the newspapers, such as his pronouncement in the Guardian, earlier this year, that the novel is well and truly dead. George Orwell was not a language fascist: Why we keep misinterpreting his words 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z The shtick on Broadway was so perfectly executed that the show should have carried a warning about asphyxiation from laughter. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z There’s much more shtick here than science or stunts, but it’s still extremely funny shtick, and this is the last weekend to catch it. Spare Times: For Children, for April 6-12 2012-04-05T21:26:58Z Is this Colbert’s indication that he intends to deliver less shtick and more smarts? Who is the real Stephen Colbert? An early peek at his Late Show 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, there's no shortage of clowning in their live shtick: at one gig, says Chambers, "we had a giant lump of hash running around and someone dressed as a Garda chasing it." The Rubberbandits: comedy, prank CDs ... and the IRA 2013-01-16T18:33:59Z They good-naturedly mock one another, poking fun at signature shticks. The Young Men’s Style Council of TikTok 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Now every Marine knows the Ray Person shtick—it’s hilarious. “You tell me that the riots are a good thing? F*ck you. Come to Baltimore and say that”: David Simon on police brutality, the legacy of “The Wire” and the future of American cities 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Featured in other bits of shtick are fumbling elf jugglers and two robotic nutcrackers who malfunction in amusing fashion. Skipping Yuletide cheer, Pointless Theatre offers a dour, profane sendup of the holiday So often, though, the movie relies on shtick. Review: This Is Where I Leave You: When Papa Gets the Big Chill 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z At 32, the actor is finally getting the chance to move away from his deadpan shtick in this month's "I'll See You in My Dreams." Martin Starr would rather avoid the fame game 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z We've seen an awful lot of the fey Keith Richards shtick, and he dials it down a little, intermittently allowing himself to be the decent, likable hero. A leaner, meaner "Pirates of the Caribbean" reboot 2011-05-14T16:51:00Z And sometimes his shtick—the wailing, the flailing, the accents—can seem too big, a possible form of job fatigue. Jon Stewart’s Big Announcement 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z When someone mentioned his name, the shtick took off. Bill Saluga, a Memorable Comedic Wiseguy, Is Dead at 85 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Green-- you're better than this, and so is Mr. Martin, an excellent actor who should stop writing third rate Neil Simon shtick. Review: Look Up! It’s Amy Schumer in ‘Meteor Shower’ 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z A less impressive episode than the two openers, if only because Frank's I-pay-my-taxes shtick gets too many airings, but there are still some fantastic moments, notably Frank's ludicrous attempts to be a father figure. TV highlights 07/07/2011: The Apprentice: The Final Five 2011-07-06T22:00:00Z Kaye’s well-traveled shtick on the concert podium was as much physical as musical, some of it described in commentary here, though better seen as well as heard. Tanglewood’s Archival Magic Still Casts a Spell 2012-06-28T15:03:28Z Stretched out to feature length, the shtick becomes nearly unbearable - until of course, the movie doles out its obligatory comeuppance, followed by redemption, and goes all soft and nice. Review: Little magic in `Burt Wonderstone' 2013-03-12T22:12:18Z Not long after Marx and Chast arrive together, they appear to be collecting material: Marx is instantly skeptical of the whole grandma shtick, noting that the woman in the kitchen “looks about 19.” Review | You’re invited to dinner with Roz Chast and Patricia Marx, but you’ll have to go to Staten Island 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Anybody who's been through that, or been friends with a person who went through that, will find more truth than shtick in Christian Bale's performance. Great Oscar debate: What is the real best picture? 2011-02-26T01:01:00Z It's mildly pleasant to see Cox and Arquette work their shtick together, and Campbell manages to keep her sober, haunted demeanor intact throughout the silliness. "Scream 4": More meta than ever! And almost as much fun 2011-04-14T00:35:00Z As the sidekicks, Pollock and Howard have to wade through some humiliating shtick. Embracing the chill in Jimmy Buffett's 'Escape to Margaritaville' 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Our tour guide was well chosen, a celebrity worshiper who delivered a mix of canned shtick and personal annotation, usually heartfelt. On Tabloid Tours of Manhattan, the View Is Tawdry From Every Seat 2013-05-30T14:57:37Z It does, though, underscore how cemented in shtick McCarthy’s comic characters have become, and how much better this gifted actress deserves. ‘Thunder Force’ Review: Saving Chicago, One Mutant at a Time 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z KFP2 reprises much of the humor and shtick from the wonderful original. Kung Fu Panda 2: The Bear Necessities 2011-05-26T19:50:00Z In a story about grief and loss, comic relief is welcome, but this cast of characters’ quips, quirks and signature phrases often cross into shtick. New Middle Grade Fiction From the Authors of ‘Wicked’ and ‘Knights vs. Dinosaurs’ 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The thriller spoof “The 39 Steps” milks absurdity for all it’s worth, the shtick involving a milkman being a case in point. Review | Constellation’s ‘39 Steps’ is a comic thriller without thrills 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The truth is that Imanuel, an internet celebrity whose shtick is one of glib adolescent bravado, is in fact something of a loner. Meet 17-Year-Old Indonesian Rapper Rich Chigga 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z While the characters are recognizable types — from popular culture if nowhere else — Rogen brings more than mere shtick to the performances. ‘An American Pickle’ Review: Keeping It Kosher 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z It’s been doing the “Homosexuality is an offense to God” shtick a really long time and that’s a hard habit to break. The Catholic Church’s new gay insult 2013-01-02T19:50:00Z But the tenor, tone and immaculately lampooned art direction often make up for shtick that gradually grows thin in the belly-laugh department. 'OSS 117: Lost in Rio': Finding laughs in French spy parody 2010-07-01T20:42:00Z “So my shtick was, I just spoke quietly and normally but persistently, and it worked.” A Wealth of Ideas 2014-03-26T22:52:55Z I think her shtick does a disservice to women. To Jesse Draper, the Laugh’s on Them 2012-06-29T20:47:20Z He does the shtick, learned from Goons and Hancock and Pythons and beyond, of introducing a surreal noun and making it sound funny and that's it. Bumper crop 2010-10-09T23:04:00Z As part of his shtick, he arrives at his nightly club appearances dressed in fuzzy cow-printed onesie pajamas, complete with a horned hood, and blesses inebriated topless girls with what he calls “champagne facials.” “The American Meme” Records the Angst of Social-Media Influencers 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Headlining is Imagine Dragons, whose Arcade Fire–for-dummies shtick has been thoroughly dressed down by voices far more authoritative than mine. Your week in Seattle music: Rufus Wainwright, Deck the Hall Ball and more 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Over the course of an album, his smoothness reads as aggressive shtick. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Blurred Lines’ Makes Robin Thicke White Soul’s Leader 2013-08-02T22:17:15Z Wilson's "I'm fat, get over it" shtick gets more screen time in "2" and is still funny — for now. 'Pitch Perfect 2' brings more lowbrow fun 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z You might not know this, but Tim Allen has been doing the same shtick on CBS’s Last Man Standing for the past five seasons. The 90s sitcoms that should never be rebooted 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z But dark clouds of mortality keep the scene from devolving into shtick. Rajiv Joseph's 'Archduke' at the Taper is an ambitious mix of history, comedy and tragedy 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z She was still doing a variation on this shtick in the 1978 screen version, when Marlowe was played by a careworn Robert Mitchum only a few years out from collecting Social Security. It’s 1988 and Philip Marlowe Is Retired. But Not for Long. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The shtick is that she leads a double life, and goes off at night poaching game with a pop gun. Beatrix Potter died 73 years ago. Now she has a new book. What to make of it? 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z If he wasn’t an outsider, he was at least an insider who understood the importance of shtick. The Passions and Travails of a Jazzy Everywoman 2011-06-20T21:40:37Z Mr. Colbert did his mock-conservative shtick from “The Colbert Report” and teased Mr. Bush, saying, “Guys like us, we’re not some brainiacs on the nerd patrol.” A Washington-Hollywood Schmooze-a-Thon, and How It Grew 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Those cops were generally portrayed as clownish bullies, and their violence, divorced from any racial context, played as a kind of shtick. How Richard Pryor Changed the Way Comedy Sees Police Brutality 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z He envies a certain kind of confident Southern man, about whom he says: “His is a discerning shtick of which the Southerner is king: wicked-sounding but affectionate, droll, imperturbable above all.” Review: In ‘The Adventurist,’ an Executive’s Search for Meaning and Small Raptures 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z And that his novels have become more and more like screenplays, filled with comedic shtick and easy emotions. Books of The Times: ‘One Last Thing Before I Go’ by Jonathan Tropper 2012-08-15T20:45:56Z One might also argue that she responded to ideas about style with a gimmick, or shtick. Sturtevant retrospective at MoMA is double trouble indeed Here’s the saddest media strategy imaginable for a floundering Republican presidential candidate — or for that matter, any human being anywhere, ever — trying to boost your image with a cut-rate Donald Trump shtick. Huckabee goes full Trump and flops: His desperate debate night Twitter strategy was a disaster 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z She's been at this shtick for nearly a decade, racking up an astonishingly long list of foot-in-mouth moments and missed learning opportunities. The exasperating Lena Dunham paradox: Heads she wins, tails we lose 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z They were entertainers part of whose acts riffed on the shtick of entertaining: think Murray’s lounge-lizard rendition of the Star Wars theme on SNL. Why David Letterman and Bill Murray Are Meant for Each Other 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The rising director Gaye Taylor Upchurch has met the challenge of Ross’ stylized dialogue with a heightened performance style that borders, at moments, on shtick. Plenty of bite in 'Of Good Stock,' but a soft heart lurks within 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z In this opening shtick, we’re asked to daydream ourselves back to the golden age of circus, when train cars full of performers would steam into town and start hammering in tent pegs. Review: In ‘Circus 1903,’ a Littler Big Top Still Offers Some Thrills 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z It’s an unfortunate but undeniable statement of our society that the most prominent place for an electric guitar today is as prop shtick on the walls of a Guy’s American Kitchen restaurant. Why It’s Time to Take ‘Rock’ Out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012-10-10T12:00:41Z As such, the typologies of the professional wrestling heel inform Donald Trump’s political shtick. Donald Trump must go full Wrestlemania: Winning in New Hampshire means going more ridiculous, more over the top 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Negan's shtick got old by the end of the season finale last year. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 Premiere: Negan’s Victim Is Revealed 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z It’s a trademark shtick that happens to carry a whiff of the authentic, given Mr. Batiste’s lifelong familiarity with New Orleans second-line parades. Jon Batiste Will Lead ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Band in a Style He Sees Fit 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z This is their shtick at its broadest and most obvious. Beyond black and white 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z In the intervening years, his star went on the descent, partly, he says, because he was focusing on his family and perhaps partly because the public taste for his homespun shtick wore thin. How "Hannah Montana" destroyed Billy Ray Cyrus 2011-02-16T16:17:00Z These bits often have the feel of someone digging a hole to prove he can escape, but in this new special, for the first time, they also seem like tired shtick. Dave Chappelle Stumbles Into the #MeToo Moment 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The ordering, the cleaning and the one-man-restaurant shtick became too much. Una Pizza Napoletana Returns to New York, With an Assist 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z As they spoke, there were random inappropriate bursts of laughter, because half the reporters were listening to Jimmy Kimmel’s tour-bus shtick on their headphones. Scenes from the Oscar-Night Implosion 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Nor will it be particularly shocking, since Gervais’s self-consciously provocative ain’t-I-a-stinker shtick is now so well rehearsed that you could set your clock by it. Ricky Gervais isn't the Golden Globes host we want – but the one we deserve 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z With the eyes of nearly every “Office” cast member on him, Mr. Ferrell did not resort to loud voices, wild gesticulations or other showy shtick, but gave a sincere reading of his oration. Television: Discomfort Zones 2011-04-06T16:02:12Z This is classic Dyer shtick, evidence of the manic mind that drives the discursive repetitions and restless circumlocutions in his prose investigations. Geoff Dyer is out of his depth in 'Another Great Day at Sea' 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Its greatest asset at present remains the ever-truthful playing from a quartet of actors who avoid shtick at every turn. Bumpy Starts to London’s Fall Theater Season 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Jackson is a predictably crude, amusing instrument, even if his character’s ultra-conservative shtick is so familiar — Stephen Colbert mines much the same territory almost nightly — that the satire has no sting. Movie Review: ‘RoboCop’ Remake Arrives, Starring Joel Kinnaman 2014-02-11T23:09:06Z Hallberg thinks Sanders pulls off the bedraggled shtick authentically but wouldn’t coach clients to use his hand gestures or posture. How politicians get camera-ready: Stylists and media training 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z I retain other reservations, though, especially about its makeup and the shtick of its repeated cardiac arrest gesture. New York City Ballet, Enlivened by the New 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Black sets the pace with his shopworn shtick, while Robbins clearly enjoys another chance to play a comically egomaniacal government official. HBO’s ‘The Brink’: In a global crisis, the satirical missiles are mostly duds 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z “A Holiday to Remember” was also devoid of the sort of comic shtick that has long been a staple of Mr. Feinstein’s nightclub performances. Review: Michael Feinstein’s Holiday Ode to Judy Garland 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z The do-gooder shtick may explain his wide appeal to preteen boys and their parents alike. John Cena Grants a Wish Before His Wrestling Match 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z But actually, it really doesn't feel like shtick. America's funniest man 2010-08-21T23:08:00Z The shtick: Gigglesome Aussie comic and his "President of Standup Comedy" alter ego, Walter Montgomery, demonstrate the principles of making funny. New Edinburgh act of the day: Benny Boot 2011-08-09T13:43:08Z The section “Business and Money” includes some shtick about an ill-advised marketing campaign featuring Jesus on the cross with the slogan, “They used Levenson’s nails.” Theater Review: ?Old Jews Telling Jokes? at the Westside Theater 2012-05-21T02:00:00Z This is basically that shtick stretched out for an hour, but by God it works. Funny, filthy and weird: Michael Bolton's move from power balladeer to comedy genius 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z The voice was imitated by Morning Zoo drive-time radio jocks across the country; the shtick of an immigrant bubbe giggling about sex toys never seemed to get old. Dan Savage: “It was going to be a joke” 2012-10-06T22:00:00Z The Dardenne brothers married their plainly told social drama shtick with a muted murder mystery in The Unknown Girl, which sailed through thriller checkpoints but refused to provide us with the expected suspense. Sex, ghosts money and sainthood – now playing at Cannes 2016 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z That used to make for a decent love story — just look at “Say Anything” and “Singles” — but that shtick is so conspicuous now. Should you watch Cameron Crowe’s TV show ‘Roadies’? Let’s talk it out. 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z But then, as the seasonal shtick is ditched for the football terrace-favourite Burning Bridges, it's hard, too, to think of any other band who reliably give their fans whatever they want with such constancy. Status Quo – review 2012-12-09T17:59:46Z Here, playing not just against other actors but also against gunshots and explosions, she can’t rely on shtick—her way with a line is still firecracker sharp, but she shows a new, surprising softness too. Review: Tina Fey Falls in Love With a War Zone in 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, this simple shtick has not been grasped by so many of our great newspapers. With the greatest disrespect: how Her Majesty's Press offers its candid friendship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z The part can allow for a stagy cuteness or shtick, neither of which is indulged here. Review: A British and an American Revival Intoxicate, for Different Reasons 2010-06-15T14:53:00Z She’s not out on a limb, exactly; Trump remains popular with the GOP base, even if his shtick has worn thin with independent voters and moderates. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s new reality 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z They have all by now honed their shticks into weapons. Review: Flying High and Falling Hard in ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z What Colbert has done with his particular shtick, in a way that’s different and often bolder than the likes of Stewart and company, has been to allow himself to become a racial stereotype. Why should’t Colbert joke about race? 2014-04-01T14:05:00Z The personalities on screen have such limited shticks, such one-dimensional ideas, that they're no fun to hang out with. 'Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D': Step right up for 'stupid' human tricks 2012-08-08T22:43:04Z It’s rare that Tyler encounters someone more committed to a shtick than he is to his own. Tyler, the Creator, Funkmaster Flex and the Wildest Interview of the Year 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z The last weeks of shows have put poignant ends to some enduring Colbert shtick. Stephen Colbert: A Great Talk-Show Host? No, the Greatest! 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z His likable, everyman shtick is enabling him to shin up the showbiz ladder with impressive speed. This week's new comedy 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z It has cross-dressing and shtick so rapid that even after 10 viewings you are still finding new things funny. Flickonomics: eight movies that teach us how money works 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z I don’t think he’s attracted to me; it’s just his shtick. Social Q?s: Stopping the Grabby Produce Manager 2010-04-09T17:40:00Z More often than I’d like, Stewart allows his commentary to bog down in shtick, usually involving a Joisey accent or outbursts of profanity bleeped for us watching at home. Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z If you’re smart you keep on playing the same, doing the same shtick. Willem Dafoe: ‘I’ve thought about murder many times’ 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Mamet has a field day caricaturing this worldview, but satire isn't exactly his shtick. In David Mamet's perplexing 'China Doll,' Al Pacino can only roar weakly 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z “I’ll use the defense of a shtick when I feel like I’m faltering.” Selma Blair Wants You to See Her Living With Multiple Sclerosis 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z The climactic section of this show — entitled "Steppin' Out of the Shadows" and featuring every imaginable piece of physical shtick — feels like "Show Off" from "The Drowsy Chaperone," only without the self-deprecation. Without a real killer, this 'Murder' a misdemeanor 2011-05-17T21:08:00Z But whereas that group's essential shtick amounts to people in their early-to-mid-20s trying to be grizzled men of a certain age, these songs suggest the real thing. Dodgy's fifth album is a musical reunion worth celebrating 2012-02-09T20:00:02Z I remember in high school staying up late to hear her “Tonight Show” monologues and laughing at her shtick about Heidi Abromowitz with my older sister, who I rarely got along with back then. Joan Rivers, a singular comic with a writer's conflicted heart 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Watching him did make me wonder whether, if you do something long enough, it will inevitably become shtick. There’s No Dave Chappelle or Hannah Gadsby Without Mort Sahl 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z It’s his shtick, he’s in no rush to change the formula. Don Rickles was politically incorrect before it was incorrect. And at 90, he’s still going. 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z It is clear that Donald Trump is a political performance artist whose shtick is borrowed from professional wrestling. Peter Thiel pulls back the curtain: Donald Trump is a pro-wrestling villain turned president 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z The moment inspired national debates about proper parenting — not to mention shtick on “Saturday Night Live,” where Chris Farley played Andrew. Andrew Giuliani is test-driving his father’s legacy in New York 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z The guests grinned semi-sheepishly, in the way of veteran camera hogs, and responded to Colbert’s question about the possibility that they might share a show by lofting some practiced shtick. Michael Avenatti and the Mooch Bring Their Blustering Banality to Stephen Colbert 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z But at least his shtick temporarily enlivens the movie. 'Thor: Ragnarok' Is More an Approximation of Fun Than the Real Thing 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Indeed, "Murder for Two," which is premiering as part of CST's new-works initiative, has its amusements You'll laugh at some of the shtick. Without a real killer, this 'Murder' a misdemeanor 2011-05-17T21:08:00Z Many viewers took to Twitter to say that Brokaw's cellphone shtick was the highlight of the evening. Tom Brokaw's cellphone becomes election-night star 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z He had drained the cup of fame by a tender age, and in his heyday's long aftermath, what was once spontaneous has calcified into shtick, for survival's sake. John Lydon recalls life as a punk (and beyond) in 'Anger Is an Energy' 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Events kick off this Thursday with two shows from Harry Hill, whose recent relinquishing of the TV Burp desk isn't down to any dwindling of his ultra-lovable, deeply silly shtick. This week's new comedy 2012-06-29T23:05:24Z The best memoirs require authors to put away the social media shtick and reveal their essential selves. Rajiv Surendra traveled from ‘Mean Girls’ to chalk artist 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Melfi’s quick-sketch setup makes it clear Vincent isn’t bad, and not only because he’s played by Mr. Murray, whose world-weary shtick is now as purely decorative as a string of puka beads. Bill Murray Stars in ‘St. Vincent’ 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The singer has that Chapel Club/Editors/ White Lies shtick down pat but this time it's set to Brighton big-beat and underpinned by the atmosphere of a Howard Jones B-side. This week's new singles 2011-02-12T00:05:35Z Contrary to the male comedian shtick that it’s always only about the laughs, and never any agenda, Friedman believes everyone has an agenda. Jena Friedman: the outrageous talkshow host women have been waiting for 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z What if, instead of a high school tradition, the dress-up bit was part of a silly shtick for the town follies? Perspective | The right-wing drag panic is not about men wearing women’s clothing 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z His everyman shtick and wonderful observational gags, rooted in his South Shields upbringing, show why he's tipped to become big in 2011. This week's new comedy 2010-12-18T00:08:32Z But Tyson, in contrast, has simply parlayed his notorious past into a full-blown shtick. Mike Tyson’s gross comeback 2012-06-28T12:15:00Z She is also a charmingly engaging presence, dispensing in-your-face attitudinal shtick with winning humour and sharp self-awareness. Pink – review 2013-04-25T17:02:35Z Or does making any kind of insightful point on a show notionally about politics matter less than the jolt of seeing a familiar TV character doing a familiar old shtick? Will McAvoy Nostalgia Proves How Awful 2016's Political Comedy Has Become 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z There is a sense throughout of an artist’s exploration having hardened into shtick. Dance Review: Swimming Through Bausch?s World 2010-09-30T21:15:00Z He smiled and the crowd laughed, assuming it was typical marriage shtick. Louis CK Performs at Madison Square Garden 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z "I'm sceptical of the whole redemption narrative shtick that people come out with," he says. 'Reality has surpassed satire' 2010-08-21T23:04:00Z The danger for Mr. Stanhope has always been that his operatic scorn might become a kind of shtick. Critic’s Notebook: Doug Stanhope’s ‘Beer Hall Putsch,’ a Stand-Up Album 2013-09-06T22:34:31Z Songs mattered at these shows, but performers were also clearly excited to return to shtick. Live Music Is Back! (Live Music Is Back?) 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z He kept on rewriting and restaging his works until he found a shtick that clicked. Tyler Perry: the creator of a racial stereotype or the greatest indie film-maker of all time? 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Occasionally this could harden into shtick, but rarely, in part because Mr. Stewart marshaled arguments the way great journalists do. Jon Stewart, Seamlessly Mixing Analysis, Politics and Humor 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Boreyko contributed to that last bit of shtick with stagy shrugs and gestures of impatience. Music Review: Pratfalls From Haydn, Swing From Marsalis 2011-02-19T00:51:49Z If you eat up Baroque shtick, as I do, the English Concert’s presentation of Handel’s “Serse” at Carnegie Hall on Sunday was probably right up your alley. Review: Handel’s ‘Serse,’ With Yuks and Exquisite Playing 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Her every bit of shtick has been precisely chosen and honed, and rather than forcing it down our throats, she makes us come to her to admire it. Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Is Bright, Brassy and All Bette 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Rowling never revealed whether or not drinking unicorn blood would stop hair from turning gray, but that was never Harry’s shtick anyway. The 50 Most Important Things We've Learned From J.K. Rowling 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z When Drake’s début commercial mixtape, “So Far Gone,” was released, in February, 2009, he was arguably at peak relatability, and it was still easy to believe in the Toronto rapper’s Everyman shtick. A Peek Back at Early Drake on “So Far Gone” 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z The room is not warming to her shtick. Can cancer ever be funny? Comedian Caitlin Brodnick thinks so. 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z When all is said and done, we don’t need more shtick about marital betrayal and who gets to keep the beach house, but we could still use more good, provocative dramedies about the Medicare years. In Netflix’s ‘Grace and Frankie,’ age is just a number that sadly averages zero 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. Rachel Bloom Is Breaking TV Boundaries With Spanx and Diversity 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Here’s an Asian American performer whose shtick is a kind of Black impersonation, pretending to be a computer-generated bird, rhythm-rapping with a Black American man pretending to be a Caribbean crab. ‘The Little Mermaid’ Review: The Renovations Are Only Skin Deep 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Despite efforts to lure him into camera-ready shtick, Sanders and his wife, Jane, emerge as the only two actual human beings in the race. Fear and loafing on the campaign trail: Showtime’s “The Circus” cops out with cynical pundit porn 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Dovaleh’s edgy, “tightrope-walking” shtick narrows into a lacerating narrative of the cadet camp where, at 14, he learned of a parent’s death. Funny man 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Melissa: Do I look like I’m doing shtick? | Q&A: Joan and Melissa Rivers 2011-01-20T00:05:45Z The technology doesn't seem remotely like fancy "Avatar" shtick; it's more like classic "House of Wax" fun. "Fright Night:" Farrell's mesmerizing in campy remake 2011-08-18T20:45:00Z And also humor, which Francis rarely acknowledges during his act, which verges extraordinarily close to shtick without ever conceding to it. Music Review: Francis and the Lights Bathed in Color at S.O.B.?s 2010-08-13T22:43:00Z It is bizarre stuff as she launches into slick west coast PR shtick on behalf of "my boss". Spies, Chopin and a Libya rescue 2013-01-14T07:00:03Z Throughout the evening, she may have gotten a little carried away making sudden shifts between dramatic outpouring and floating pianissimos, a tic becoming a predictable shtick. L.A. Opera opens season with flat, clumsy 'La Traviata' 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z At a conference about internet trends in 2008, he said it was about cultivating those personal connections by engaging with communities and by getting mentioned on important blogs for your particular shtick. What effect has the internet had on celebrity? 2011-01-23T00:05:38Z Shakespeare modernised the form of the sonnet, and transformed it from a stylised, courtly love shtick to a fluent and flexible form that could turn itself to any subject. Don Paterson on Shakespeare's sonnets 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z And after decades, it may be next-to-impossible to get your mother to stop her “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” shtick — especially when the target himself isn’t complaining. Social Q?s: Your Father?s Keeper 2010-06-17T22:36:00Z The broadcast started with the visually odd shtick of Jackman bouncing up and down as he passed various nominees backstage at Radio City. - The Washington Post As Shakespeare’s disposable characters become the stars of their own show, the puns, shtick, and rhyming couplets flow—alongside every conceivable bodily fluid, spewed from corpses and actors alike. In “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,” Taylor Mac Takes on Shakespeare—and Trump 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z In “Dracula, a Comedy of Terrors,” a gender-bending play at New World Stages, Dr. Van Helsing calls for a “shtick” to slay her greatest foe. ‘Dracula, a Comedy of Terrors’ Review: An Equal-Opportunity Seducer 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Six years later, he brought midnight voting to Dixville, the perfect shtick to put it on the map. Dixville Notch and the midnight vote will not die without a fight 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Cotton goes through his fire-and-brimstone shtick with plenty of winks to the camera, and believes the family cured of their silly beliefs. 'The Last Exorcism': Scream a little, laugh a little at fake documentary 2010-08-26T20:09:00Z But when it talks, or tries to develop a situation, Alvin 2 relies on shtick that sinks below even the dismal standards of high school comedies and buddy farces. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z Their cleareyed assessments of the latest Mets calamity, their meticulous descriptions — they are not homers, nor do they do shtick — even the cadences of their voices add up to can’t-miss talking baseball. A Summer of Buzzing Bugs, Tunes or Mets’ Losses 2013-08-29T21:54:01Z This is how it feels today, when Batman and Iron Man – the Donald Trumps of the superhero universe – rule with their “billionaire, playboy, philanthropist” shtick. 'These men are bad role models': will my son get over his superhero obsession? 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Perhaps the answer lies in Israelite’s willingness to throw a loving embrace around the show’s hokey roots, to celebrate the show’s mad-as-a-box-of-spiders shtick rather than trying to reinvent it. How the Power Rangers reboot morphed into a surprising triumph 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z But all of Wilson's funky, goofy shtick is nowhere. Plummet Hollywood: what's happened to Owen Wilson, Aaron Eckhart and Naomi Watts? 2011-03-10T13:16:27Z Then they’ll go in and do the exact same funny shtick,” May says. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z With the conditions dictated by festival coffers, these shows will have precious little spontaneity or sense of event, the only aspect of their shtick that was even remotely engrossing. The Libertines: by no stretch of the imagination a great band 2010-08-18T11:54:00Z The critics are not simply objecting to a comedian’s shtick or saying that it’s not funny – which anybody has the perfect right to do. It’s worse than Jerry Seinfeld says: PC is undermining free speech, expression, liberties 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Lady Gaga, sticking to her gender-switch shtick, leered at Spears as she paid tribute to her. Perry wins top award but Beyonce baby tops show 2011-08-29T14:01:11Z It deploys the familiar narrative shticks of the series so mechanically that it almost seems possible that James gave up and let a computer write the book for her. Review | E.L. James’s Fifty Shades series has come to an end. What have we learned from this provocative romance? 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Qian does a nice job with the scene in his painting, catching the madcap mood without resorting to shtick, and letting the garden itself, with its twisty dragon-tail trees, be the main character. Art Review: ‘Chinese Gardens,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-08-16T21:59:52Z Imagine a version of Suicide that, instead of all their usual rockabilly-from-Venus shtick, only did stuff like Dream Baby Dream and Sweetheart? New band of the day ? No 1,080: Caged Animals 2011-08-09T15:48:00Z Their lighthearted show, “From Pelham to Park Avenue,” relies heavily on predictable twin shtick. Music Review: Will and Anthony Nunziata at Feinstein?s 2010-04-22T21:15:00Z Sonny and Cher"-flavored shtick, then put it through permutations that carry them into something far more bizarre than mere "entertainment. Review: Seattle's Cherdonna and Lou spring into comic/cryptic action in 'It's a Salon!' 2010-10-07T20:49:00Z It was a portrayal film critic Pauline Kael called “almost a shtick of genius.” Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Collins gave up songwriting long ago but continues to rake in gazillions, regurgitating hooky hits with the hammiest of stage shtick. 'Danny Collins' finds Al Pacino in soul-searching artist mode 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Only James — the pudgy sitcom star whose endearing shtick is to under-react to disaster — appears comfortable with the material. Review: Stay Away from the Horns of This Dilemma 2011-01-13T23:10:00Z But the ultimate claim here — that Colbert’s energetic shtick offers an antidote to our “socio-political condition” — is misguided. Colbert is not a pop culture prophet: Why we deified the “Colbert Show” host 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Critic's view: "Everyman shtick and wonderful observational gags, rooted in his South Shields upbringing." Edinburgh comedy award 2011 shortlist: who's who? 2011-08-24T16:28:03Z The shtick is amusing, but the melodramatic campiness lowers the dramatic stakes. Comedy for hypochondriacs: It's A Noise Within's 'The Imaginary Invalid' 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Solipsism has turned into shtick, and their childish interest in themselves betrays a confining lack of curiosity about anything else. Movie Review: ‘This Is the End,’ With Seth Rogen and James Franco 2013-06-11T18:01:14Z It was more self-indulgent than luxurious, focused only on pushing Fielding’s hepcat Izzard shtick further up his own backside than ever before. Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy gets funnier the more it apologises for its own rubbishness 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z There’s a comic aspect to some of this: Humiliation has a reliable role in stand-up shtick, and Mr. Acconci’s burlesque of masculinity can be hilarious. Review: Vito Acconci Invites You to Watch Him as He Watches Us 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z In fact, the Humanoid shtick is just a way of presenting himself as a machine-man built for pleasuring the ladies, and it doesn't extend to his other songs. New band of the day ? No 859: Talay Riley 2010-09-02T16:01:00Z Cromwell finds maintaining this self-effacing Stephen Fry shtick annoying. Digested read: Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel 2012-05-27T18:16:01Z Taking her to his car, he attempts to dazzle her with his big city style, giving her the whole “You’re in New York now baby” shtick. 'It's never sexy': why the women behind porn drama The Deuce refused to titillate 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z So, your first track on your first album needs to set the scene for your whole shtick: no one has ever pulled of that trick quite like Black Sabbath. Readers recommend: songs with sound effects ? the results 2010-03-25T22:00:00Z Acknowledging the dizzying velocity of her career while shrugging it off with a joke is central to Ms. Meriwether’s shtick. Elizabeth Meriwether Writes Scripts for Stage and Screen 2010-05-08T02:42:00Z Which isn't to brand Hill's shtick juvenile, but rather to remark that there's no sign yet of meaning, or significance, getting within a giant inflatable sausage-length of the man and his work. Harry Hill – review 2013-02-10T12:43:00Z Interestingly, Ferrell and Hart are much better together when they slip out of the shtick and rely on their acting talent — both men have a nice soft side. Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart buddy up in the cliched 'Get Hard' 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Still, their lovable-loser shtick as well as their nifty skills help turn “Elephant Room” into one of the coolest places in town. | ?Elephant Room': ?Elephant Room,? at St. Ann?s Warehouse 2012-03-29T22:43:43Z Archival clips and playful interstitial animation offer relief from the classroom shtick, and a couple of mock animated commercials are especially effective. "GhettoPhysics" an awkward but sharp-eyed mashup 2010-10-06T01:14:00Z Conan O’Brien takes his late-night shtick on the road; the conspicuously tall American is occasionally political and generally hilarious, whether he is learning salsa in Cuba, taekwondo in Korea or Judaism in Israel. A world of small-screen adventure: Here are the best travel TV shows for streaming 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z I preferred the less scatological shtick – including Davies' absurdist quarrel with a cabbie who claims the only ingredient in a pie is pie. Greg Davies – review 2012-11-05T19:08:06Z This guy’s this eccentric character, bigger than life, and you’re going right to the edge of parody or shtick, and then pulling back. Maggie Gyllenhaal on sexual liberation 2012-05-18T13:50:00Z He shifts abruptly between such comedy and maudlin disclosures from his traumatic past, as if his jaded persona were breaking down, but this, too, is just more shtick. Jack Ferver’s ‘Night Light Bright Light’ 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z In this particular project, however, none of it caused me to laugh, although her shtick definitely provided the movie with its high points. “The Happytime Murders”: A sad excuse for grown-up comedy 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Jennifer Lawrence, though, was a bit too relaxed, and it’s beginning to seem like a shtick, maybe for offsetting the potentially audience-alienating grandeur of her Dior contract? Fashion Review: Trembling Jeweled Hands on a (Dry) Red Carpet 2014-03-03T03:55:52Z But as the weeks progressed, he trusted his true tenor more, and he evolved from shtick to feeling. Critic's Notebook: The ?Idol? Season: Sharper, With More Stars 2011-05-26T16:53:31Z But the throwback-funk innovator is operating on a level beyond shtick. The Playlist: Missy Elliott Reappears With a Boast, and Wire Returns With a Blast 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z It's all very impressive, but isn't Oliver's shtick all about simple, attainable recipes? TV highlights 22/08/2011: Alesha's Street Dance Stars 2011-08-19T22:03:43Z But Trainor’s verbal shtick ranks as her second most consistent feature. Meghan Trainor powers through illness, relies on doo-wop at Fillmore 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Certainly when it comes to Mr. Cook, it supports the shtick that his Apple is all about the product being the star, not the executive. For Tim Cook of Apple, The Fashion of No Fashion 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z For a concept that could easily have devolved into shtick, this struck the right balance between biographical portraiture, charming nostalgia, and loving remembrance. Review | Celebrating the Bernstein centennial with a family album 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z If you’re simply relying on a stock shtick, though, this one is about to overtake “Webster’s defines….” in the hackneyed essay routines top ten. Open Letter Writers: Cut it out! 2014-04-01T18:48:00Z His shtick was the interplay of two distinct types: bashful, vaguely pathetic one moment, utterly rabid the next. Adam Sandler Grows Up (Mostly) 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z His universal shtick is an illusion, the most potent and inventive artist of this mad, frothy era That era will come to an end. A shiny poem for Jeff Koons -- assembled from his Whitney reviews 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z George wins over the kids first, with his amiable alpha shtick, and the mothers quickly follow. Movie Review: ‘Playing for Keeps,’ by Gabriele Muccino 2012-12-06T23:03:59Z It’s not hard to understand the gut-level appeal of Yiannopoulos’s right-wing shtick, the appeal of rallying around an identity others find “deplorable,” especially as ideologies loosen from their intellectual and historical roots. The Sad Attempt to Make Trumpism Cool 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z My strong reaction isn’t merely because I have increasingly limited tolerance for the poor little rich girl shtick, though that alone is certainly enough to drive a person mad. The “bitch” we come to love: Summer’s “O.C.” evolution taught me to appreciate this kind of TV heroine 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Crystal, another “safe” choice, was sadly past his Oscar glory days, and his performance was widely panned by critics who considered it too overly familiar and full of old-school shtick. Ellen’s the ‘safe’ Oscars host, but will she rise to the challenge? 2014-02-27T20:44:58Z Philbin made insecurity and professional envy part of his shtick, but he was not always kidding. Regis Philbin says goodbye on 'Live' 2011-11-19T03:52:04Z The star does his patented shtick, supported by a handful of blue-chip supporting performers, as the story lurches through contrived, seminaughty comic set pieces toward a sentimental ending. | 'Arthur': A Lush Life Revisited, With Nanny on Board 2011-04-07T21:14:56Z White remained a constant and reliable presence, refining her shtick as an old lady with spicy proclivities — interior thoughts that had a way of coming out as perfect punchlines. Perspective | Goodbye to Betty White, popular culture’s beloved (and saucy) great-grandma 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z But the dance, laden with the same shtick, felt like no more than a difficult task. Review: ‘Tap Lab,’ From the Bang Group, Conveys Musical Scores Through Footwork 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Wielding his Everyman insider shtick as comfortably as he does on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Emmy Awards catch up to fans: Finally, Academy voters are watching the same shows we are 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z “Quintessential mountain jokes,” he told The Los Angeles Times in 2001, explaining his early shtick. Freddie Roman,Who Brought Catskill Comedy to Broadway, Dies at 85 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z A routine about parenthood, meanwhile, is his only lapse into anything resembling observational shtick – and even that ends with him in character as a Mayan priest on sacrifice duty. Tony Law – review 2013-02-20T15:09:00Z “I’ve been doing this for 22 years, honing my shtick years before I ever knew who Jack Black was,” he said. A Go-To Guy, if You Want a Do-Nothing 2010-02-27T03:18:00Z On the other hand, in a more straightforward narrative story, it’s not clear where that can arise without seeming like a shtick. Ben Marcus: Jonathan Franzen’s cultural commentary is really embarrassing 2014-02-10T01:00:00Z Most comedians have a shtick, and Carell's has quickly become a kind of frazzled normality. Steve Carell: 'I don't care for mean humour' 2010-10-14T20:30:00Z Grant fully commits to the shtick, casting his ego aside in favor of sheer absurdity. The top 10 movie scene-stealers of 2018, from Awkwafina to Hugh Grant 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The relentless "pursuit of laughs" shtick becomes antic and exhausting, and therefore unfunny. Submit Questions for Robert Carlock of ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z In one of the show’s visual shticks, he’s at his most personable and affectionate when he thinks he’s shooed away the cameras, which are of course still filming, in a more vérité style. Television Review: ‘Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous,’ With Bo Burnham on MTV 2013-05-01T22:08:15Z I can’t help grinning at his shtick, but I know he’s better than this. A Vision in Melancholy 2011-07-06T22:31:19Z Cohen’s shtick works better when taking aim at the big guns. Who is America? – Sacha Baron Cohen’s show remains brave but behind the times 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z “That can work the first time around, but if you go back and play it, you’ll know all of the shticks. It won’t do anything new, it’s just a soliloquy.” Video Game Review: Jazzpunk Video Game Commits to Comedy 2014-02-10T22:47:55Z “The Colbert Show’s” entire shtick is based on the parody of the right-wing blowhard, and as such it’s consistently taken clever jabs as the issues of race in our country. No, we shouldn’t #CancelColbert 2014-03-28T14:14:00Z The “Daily Show” shtick always held that Stewart and his viewers believed themselves too cool to be spun. Can we go on without Jon Stewart? Of course we can. He’s shown us how. 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Comic shtick laced the evening, and mostly it worked. ‘Argo’ and ‘Les Misérables’ Win Top Golden Globes 2013-01-14T05:28:16Z Mr. Greenspan is always a delight to watch, with his ability to integrate comic shtick and fanciful histrionics. | 'Go Back to Where You Are': From Amphitheater Bit Player to God?s Errand Boy 2011-04-13T02:01:25Z Besides, my scale shtick goes right back to childhood, when I was as small as anyone. Big on littleness 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z Philip Glass’s taped music is manipulative to the extreme, climbing in the finale to that worst Hollywood-soundtrack shtick, a chorale of heavenly voices; and Ms. Tharp’s vocabulary is relentlessly big and forceful. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater Returns to City Center - Review 2011-11-09T22:54:34Z But he probably stuck with Clouseau because he wanted to see how many variations he could work on comedy shtick as old as the Greeks. 10 Pink Panthers at Tiffany's: Farewell to Blake Edwards 2010-12-19T14:10:00Z He would spread his Catskills-bred shtick around the country for five decades. Freddie Roman,Who Brought Catskill Comedy to Broadway, Dies at 85 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z This shtick, Midler reminded everyone, was reminiscent of one of her own classic routines. Bette Midler accuses Lady Gaga of copying her act 2011-07-20T11:14:57Z In the case of deCaires Taylor, his shtick as an artist is to sink new sculptures into the sea and let them be partially swallowed up by the undersea world then to photograph them. Art imitates art? Damien Hirst’s Venice Biennale installation looks a lot like another’s 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z It's a nice bit of shtick, like the skillets attached to the wall, and the loud plaid shirts that look somewhat incongruous on these nice-as-pie but oh-so-urban servers. Hip diner dazzles whether you rise and shine or stay out late 2011-08-11T20:55:04Z She swears it’s not a shtick, but rather an effort to be herself. Anna Kendrick on ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ and Not Trying Too Hard 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Part of my shtick is that I rebel against the rebels. Crude awakening: BP and the Tate 2010-06-30T20:31:00Z And along the way, he got the notion that there might be an audience for his kooky, Vatican assassin shtick. Why Charlie Sheen's live show was bound to fail 2011-04-04T15:30:00Z It doesn’t matter whether the maternal figure in your life worked daily magic in the kitchen or saw a kindred spirit in the canned-soup shtick of Peg Bracken. The appetite for Mom’s cooking remains, long after the plates are cleaned 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Given permission - make that a mandate - to chew scenery, Plummer is misty-eyed one minute, regal the next, and full of Borscht-belt shtick whenever more elevated trains of thought evade him. Review: 'Barrymore' a showcase for Plummer 2012-11-14T13:29:08Z His comic shtick, like Doctor Brown's, involves the audience in a clever and subversive series of sometimes embarrassing visual jokes. Clown takes Foster's Edinburgh Comedy award for best show 2012-08-25T17:55:38Z What a final statement, from a man whose entire shtick is that he's in his element everywhere. Radio Review: Jonathan Ross 2010-07-19T05:45:00Z Some interviews don't work because the interviewer simply doesn't get the subject's shtick. The six most excruciating interviews of all time 2013-05-15T13:31:58Z Many of the images adorning this ephemera still thrill: Led Zep's swords and sorcery, Alice Cooper's schlock horror, Bowie's androgynous alien shtick. The Art of Classic Rock by Paul Grushkin 2010-05-14T23:29:00Z He finds maintaining this self-effacing Stephen Fry shtick annoying, though he has to admit it does make his opponents underestimate him. Digested read: Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel 2012-05-27T18:16:01Z In later years, his shtick included quips about growing older. Little Jimmy Dickens, jocular star of Grand Ole Opry, dies at 94 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Nick Clegg, straight out of drama school, shows promise but is perhaps flattered by comparison with the tired shtick elsewhere in the cast. Stage-managed? Theatre and the leaders' debate 2010-04-29T14:36:00Z This sort of cliff hanger shtick is more worthy of show like American Idol. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6 Finale: Negan Makes His Entrance 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Crystal’s a much more known quantity as a host—the question then being whether he’s too known a quantity, his shtick too familiar. What Do We Want from the Oscars? 2012-02-24T20:09:23Z Mark Armstrong, executive director of the 24 Hour Company, says the concept is more than shtick. Six playwrights, two dozen actors and one day (and night) to make theater: It's 'The 24 Hour Plays' 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z But the inconsequentiality of his shtick is felt more keenly here. Eddie Izzard – review 2013-05-08T16:52:16Z Instead, he larded the show with interstitial shtick. Music Review: Feinstein Hosts ‘Sweet & Low Down’ at the Allen Room 2012-06-07T20:27:24Z It’s because they made it possible for their home turf, a perfectly decent state, to be flogged over and over again by lazy television executives working the same tired shtick. Television Review | 'Jerseylicious': The Style Network Sets Another Reality Show in New Jersey 2010-03-19T21:42:00Z Butler, on the other hand, simply dusts off his lovably gruff shtick and parades around looking pleased with himself for cracking the lucrative comic beefcake market. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up: Clash of the Titans; Hierro; The Bounty Hunter 2010-07-26T23:05:00Z The misanthropy in “Loudermilk,” however, is more complex than David’s irritating shtick, setting up a more meaningful story arc about relationships, responsibilities and disappointment. Perspective | These TV shows have figured out Gen X’s greatest gift to society: Grouchiness 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Like any good grifter, she looks down on anyone who falls for her shtick. Gillian Flynn isn’t writing “the next ‘Gone Girl'”: “I feel like I need a break from their voices in my head” 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z "Perhaps the problem … is that as their shtick remains resolutely the same as it was five or 10 years," suggested ForrestGate. Readers' Reviews 2011-02-17T23:00:01Z Lundgren gets great comic mileage out of Gunner's lunkheaded character, while Couture and Crews hold down the stalwart combat veterans' shtick. Review: 'Expendables 2' fleet-footed and engaging 2012-08-14T14:44:10Z The penguin tots don’t go far and don’t go for long, perhaps because the director, George Miller, is somewhat bored by the little outsider shtick. | 'Happy Feet Two': ?Happy Feet Two,? With Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Elijah Wood - Review 2011-11-17T22:58:19Z Hardcore fans of the old shtick haven’t been shy about expressing their grief through the election year; they want things back the way they were — enough with all this New Coke. Larry Wilmore’s ‘Nightly Show’ died of antiviral causes 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z But some of the city’s more thoroughly inked and pierced music lovers greet Mr. Meloy’s name with a restrained groan, suggesting that his narrative exploits may be verging on shtick. ?Wildwood,? a Book by the Decemberists? Colin Meloy 2011-10-11T17:28:57Z Collins conveys fortitude and resilience, along with comic flair, while Claflin channels Hugh Grant, the stammering sincerity turning into self-conscious shtick just as it did for Grant. 'Love, Rosie' flashes some charm amid a flimsy rom-com tale 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z But this was her shtick, before and since: rising below vulgarity. Perspective | Cloris Leachman rose to the bottom of our hearts 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Each monologue that opens the show, for better or worse, has a gimmick or shtick to it. “SNL” normalized Casey Affleck: A year after Trump, letting another sexual abuser host sends a bad message to women 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z He is planning to write about Cuba, Rio and Ireland – a result not only of new curiosities but also a desire not to repeat himself; to prevent his style from becoming a shtick. 'Genre snobbery conceals a deeper stupidity' 2012-08-27T14:34:29Z They had a shtick, each of us, a musical persona. The Paisley Underground: an oral history of Los Angeles's 1980s psychedelic explosion 2013-05-16T17:00:00Z “Do you do shtick?” he asked the orchestra. Mahler's Second Symphony, the Tilson Thomas Way 2010-07-09T16:31:00Z The approach accords with Ward’s intent, but the shtick never varies in degree or timbre, becoming extremely monotonous. Review | Daring idea, but flawed e xecution, in ‘Day of Absence’ 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Ms. Jaoui’s films may lack Mr. Allen’s comic shtick, quotable one-liners and showy metaphysical angst, but they are precisely calibrated dissections of the pretensions and insecurities of the French chattering class. | 'Let It Rain': Agn?s Jaoui?s Comedy of Manners 2010-06-17T23:28:00Z Rich in self-deprecating juvenile shtick, these personal essays by the actor and screenwriter amount to an autobiography of sorts. New & Noteworthy, From Seth Rogen to an Elephant in Belfast 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Strange as it sounds, he is likable, game and eager to please, with a self-deprecating sense of humor and love of shtick. Justin Ross Lee, Party Animal, Seeks Fame 2012-05-17T18:57:17Z It's an amusing shtick, which Wehn pulled off tonight with Teutonic efficiency – until interrupted by an abusive heckle, which provoked an "aaawww" of sympathy from others in the crowd. Henning Wehn ? review 2011-03-04T18:06:05Z Which is her point, in a suddenly emotional ending that's somewhat out of kilter with the perky autobiographical shtick that's gone before. Susan Calman – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-17T17:16:00Z The artfully unimpressed shtick of Aubrey Plaza, developed in Parks and Recreation and perfected in Legion, hasn’t always translated as well to the big screen. No sequels allowed: the 12 best alternative movies to watch this summer 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z It reveals an artist who seems slightly bored with his own shtick and is taking shortcuts to underscore painting’s commodity status. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Tony Blackburn was the coolest, his shtick so tough that Clary's advice could only slide off it like an egg chucked at a tank. Rewind radio: Stand Up for Comic Relief; So Wrong It's Right; It is Rocket Science ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:41Z Mr. Rickles and his insult-comedy shtick have grown more irritating as he has aged, but he’s nothing but engaging here: funny, knowledgeable and even a bit warmhearted. Television Review: ?Inside Comedy? and ?Russell Simmons Presents The Ruckus? 2012-01-25T16:21:00Z “First and foremost,” he says, “I’m an entertainer, and my shtick is pop culture American history.” ‘Ambassador of Americana’ celebrates midcentury living with slide shows and city tours 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z He delivered a crude monologue as promised – a repeat performance of 2011, when his remarks drew gasps – but shocking people twice with the same shtick is hard to pull off. ArtsBeat: Slightly Fewer Viewers for This Year's Golden Globes 2012-01-16T20:00:06Z The biggest surprise is that the rehash shtick actually works. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘22 Jump Street’ 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z It's a shtick that certainly strikes a chord with other young blokes, and has the potential to win him mass appeal. This week's new live comedy 2012-12-29T00:06:19Z With his sly smile and his sparkly eyes, he delivers the zingers with an easy grace, giving a nice silky consistency to shtick that, in more aggressive hands, might grow oppressive. Review: ‘An Act of God,’ With Jim Parsons as an Almighty Comedian 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Stuffed with blatant stereotypes, rife with shtick, slim on plot, and about as silly as a noseful of Champagne bubbles, the script is certainly retro. The Rep’s ‘Boeing Boeing’: Coffee, tea or sex farce? 2013-04-26T01:57:20Z The only unorthodox part of this misfit-by-numbers shtick is that Large's childhood was scarred by her mother's mental health problems. Edinburgh comedy: Storm Large 2010-08-17T14:38:00Z At its worst, it comes across as a faux-naive shtick that detracts from the content. How Music Works by David Byrne - review 2012-11-09T22:55:01Z This is not an indictment on the quality of “Riverdale” overall; it knows the pulpy shtick that works for its audience. What’s your damage? Why a "Heathers" TV adaptation hasn’t worked — yet 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z And the set closes with more personal material, whose laughs are truer because harder won, and which shows us the vulnerability and affection obscured by the generic grumpy-dad shtick. Phill Jupitus ? review 2011-08-09T11:44:08Z This wrist shake, recycled as phrases end, is silly, a shtick, like so many Morris motifs. Review: A Mark Morris Premiere Features Singular Theater Poetry 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z For Williams, she knew she had to trade in her brash shock-jock shtick to show a more sensitive side - while having the same backbone. Wendy Williams' star rises through renewed image 2011-03-28T10:18:09Z In fact, despite the good-looking stars, the R rating and the so-called high concept, "No Strings Attached" has a lot more old-fashioned shtick than steam or sizzle. "No Strings Attached": Ashton and Natalie do the "hookup generation" 2011-01-20T01:30:00Z This isn't a gig that puts the world to rights, or subverts the homely, rattle-no-cages shtick that has made Manford's name. Jason Manford – review 2013-07-22T17:49:08Z You see, unlike this whole pop-up gig set-up, the Vaccines' shtick is gloriously throwaway. The Vaccines at SXSW 2011 - review 2011-03-16T23:04:00Z “There’s a kind of shtick that can go with ‘Barber,’ so it’s hard to find a completely clean slate. Seattle Opera’s ‘Barber of Seville’ promises madcap, colorful fun 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Saving the environment became her “shtick,” she says. The congressional kid: How a millennial plans to make it to the Capitol 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z But even those allergic to Southern-fried shtick are unlikely to go away feeling entirely empty. Review: ‘The Robber Bridegroom’ Is Heavy on the Twang 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z His disclaimer doubled as a statement of principle and, on some level, as low-impact shtick. Music Review | Magnetic Fields: A Folksy Palette of Despondency at Town Hall 2010-03-11T23:10:00Z And Mr. Grey does his time-tested combination of music-hall shtick and “little ol’ me” puckishness that became his post-“Cabaret” signature when he appeared in “George M!” | 'Anything Goes': A Glimpse of Stocking? Shocking! 2011-04-08T02:01:03Z The animation itself is disconcertingly 2D, but from the off, you can’t help credit Disney with its sheer devotion to its own shtick. ‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Suddenly the whole talkshow shtick lost its sense of self-awareness, and whatever grain of fun it once had was flushed down the toilet for ever. How The Jerry Springer Show splashed around in humanity’s worst excesses 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Her shtick is to try and write quality books. Generations collide in Steppenwolf's smart 'Sex with Strangers' ★★★ 2011-01-31T00:32:11Z “A Sort of Homecoming” also digresses, pointlessly, with attempts at comedy recalling Letterman’s “Late Show” shticks. U2 Revisits Its Past, in the Name of … What, Exactly? 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z In fact, the crowd-participation shtick worked wonders in getting everyone in the mood for the aptly named Party Started. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-25T17:28:00Z Was it just another shtick, or an authentic effort to bring nonlinear thinkers into the fold of popular culture? What popular culture like "Will Trent" gets wrong about dyslexia, and why it matters 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Carvey’s Church Lady, by that point, has already become shtick—a delivery system for catchphrases like “Isn’t that special?” Jan Hooks (1957-2014): An Appreciation 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Part of that was shtick, mind you; approaching everything with a smidgen of a disconsolate air is Kimmel’s signature, brandished to humorous effect on his ABC late night show. Opiate for the Masses: Jimmy Kimmel may be the right prescription for a politically charged Oscar night 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z At the last minute the stage-shy Walter, pressured to perform, discovers his special talent as an operatic whistler and wins his place in the Muppet clan, and the movie lays on the inspirational shtick. | 'The Muppets': ?The Muppets,? With Jason Segel and Amy Adams - Review 2011-11-22T13:00:00Z The show’s humor relies heavily on shtick and the juxtaposition of their efforts to shape the next generation and their inappropriate conversations in the teachers lounge. Does television have a teacher problem? 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z And would you say it's time for Gervais to drop the "I created the original English version of 'The Office,' and now these money-grubbing Americans are ruining it" shtick? Yes, The Golden Globes of hatred 2011-01-17T14:10:00Z All successful actors have their shtick: Ryder’s worked because it wasn’t an act. Winona Ryder: from teen rebel to screen mum 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Sparks may figure softly in the U.S. imagination, but they carry a powerful shtick. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Maybe some of this is ordinary-guy shtick, but it hardly matters. ‘Citizenfour,’ a Documentary About Edward J. Snowden 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Richie gives Stills his patented “Come to American Century, home of real music,” shtick, but Stills and Parsons aren’t buying it. Behind the music on “Vinyl”: Elvis enters the building, and “the king of rock and roll is singing about lettuce” 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z He also remembers her admiration for the performer Ruth Draper, whose characterizations inspired Tomlin to try something new in a comedy world still dominated by shtick and punch line-driven jokes. Lily Tomlin has led a singular comedic life. And that’s the truth. He always found them very friendly, he said, “but when you talk to them, they’re not doing their shtick.” Who are Diamond and Silk? How two small-town ex-Democrats found fame as ‘warriors’ for Trump. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z On Rose Red Rose he sounds frail and a little damaged, but the music couldn't be more vital, the sort of showtunes-goes-psych, Broadway on Venus shtick the Lips do so well. New band of the day ? No 950: Therapies Son 2011-01-20T17:41:47Z True, the choreography reiterates motifs to the point of shtick. Dance Review: Kaplow?s Farewell at New York City Ballet 2010-06-25T22:14:00Z I bow to no man in my admiration of the Irishman's talents and charm, but a neurosurgeon's operating theatre didn't seem the appropriate venue for his full-blown shtick. Rewind TV: Hunted; Monroe; Arena: The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour; Best Possible Taste: the Kenny Everett Story; Exposure: the Other Side of Jimmy Savile; Welcome to India – review 2012-10-06T23:05:46Z But too much shtick can spoil the comic stew. Review: 'Gypsy King' has some princely moments, but some poor ones, too 2010-03-22T21:03:00Z In creating the opera, however, Segen and the director opted to incorporate some of the more familiar, and more recent, Trump shtick. Perspective | Opera plays its Trump card: Yes, the president is showing up in Verdi 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z I first became acquainted with Munsey’s shtick in that little Georgia studio when I was working on my book, when he was the opening act for another later-fallen prosperity preacher, Eddie Long. “Empty suit” preacher sinks Indiana megachurch 2013-03-05T16:47:00Z He’s also learned how to deploy — and puncture — Thor’s inborn pomposity, although by the time the final credits rolled in “Ragnarok” that haughtiness had turned into shtick. ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Review: A God’s Comic Twilight 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z She doesn’t have a memorable or eccentric voice like Johnny Most or Marv Albert, and she doesn’t do shtick. In Praise of Doris Burke, Basketball’s Best TV Analyst 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z He represented a clean break from the borscht belt past, a rejection of shtick and canned punch lines. There’s No Dave Chappelle or Hannah Gadsby Without Mort Sahl 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z He really needs the role, because it’s good business but also because, alas, it’s good shtick. Ryan Reynolds Finds a Niche, or a Springboard, as a Mouthy Superantihero 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z But the greatest sin in the whole thing is how tiresome the shtick itself is. Adam Carolla, unfunny comedian, thinks women aren’t funny 2012-06-20T15:30:00Z The Quarantini Edition, McPherson said, will feature some of his familiar bits — including, as always, one aria done “without shtick, because I want people to hear the real thing.” A mix of opera and sketch comedy: Meet The Drunken Tenor 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z From there, the comic — known for his brash, man-child shtick and athleisure affinity — catapulted to superstardom with the hit comedies “Billy Madison,” “Happy Gilmore,” “The Water Boy” and “The Wedding Singer.” Adam Sandler is back at the mic and launching the I Missed You comedy tour next month 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z As long as conservative audiences keep falling for this shtick, GOP propagandists will keep dishing it out. The Barbie backlash isn't just cynical: The right is abusing its own supporters 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Despite the rhetoric, hyperbole and almost relentless optimist political shtick - even when Italy was hit by the 2008 economic crisis - Berlusconi failed to improve his country's fortunes or even radically change Italy. Silvio Berlusconi's big footprint in Europe 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Another work adds flying saucers hovering nearby, a satirical nod to the pseudoscientific shtick of an ancient Egyptian empire built not by enslaved human beings but by aliens arriving in UFOs. Review: Keith Haring's art might not be for everybody, but he is 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z For instance: He actually auditioned for the role of Mario, and went in swinging with the full “It’s-a-me!” shtick in a squeaky Italian accent. Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco got a masterclass in acting from Robert De Niro in 'About My Father' 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z No matter how vulgar, profane or politically incorrect Mr. Trump was, the Republican crowd in New Hampshire audibly ate up the shtick of the decades-long showman. Five Takeaways From Trump’s Unruly CNN Town Hall 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Johnson avoided his usual colorful metaphors, his Latin quotes, his clownish shtick. Boris Johnson says ‘hand on heart’ he didn’t lie to Parliament about Partygate 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z What is more concerning is what it means when Lindell’s shtick tumbles line for line from the mouth of a local government official who can affect the front lines of American voting. Column: Mike Lindell is helping a California county dump voting machines. You should worry 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “It wasn’t a shtick,” he said of the extraordinary experience. Advice | How to do an all-inclusive vacation if you hate lying around He had no shtick, and he didn’t pull punches. Perspective | Billy Packer never pulled his punches. It’s what made him so great. 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z It’s as if the filmmakers were so committed to the shtick that they couldn’t notice when it became a problem. Review | ‘Spoiler Alert’: This tear-jerker earns its tissues 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z As host, Noah was more personal and reflective than Stewart, who delivered his commentary with in a stand-up shtick style, and it came through in the last show. Inside Trevor Noah’s tearful goodbye to 'The Daily Show' 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z “It’s kind of Taylor’s shtick right now,” Rivera said. Heinicke builds Air Jordan collection win by Washington win 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z “It’s kind of Taylor’s shtick right now … and his teammates are responding,” Coach Ron Rivera said. How Taylor Heinicke and the Commanders became a team of sneakerheads 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Why does this shtick keep working over and over again? Perfecting the "art of polarization": How these '90s conservatives created today's radicalized right 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z “His whole shtick is kind of like he’s a principled constitutionalist,” said Harrison, 34, a Republican who voted for Trump in 2020 and quickly regretted it. Romney aides irked by Lee plea for support, highlighting GOP divide in Utah 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z “And from that day on, he was still a great reporter on the stories that required it, but also we would go to him for shtick.” Whatever happened to the almighty Q Score? 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z But ironic social commentary is interwoven with the broader shtick. Review: At the Taper, SNL's Cecily Strong takes on Lily Tomlin's beloved one woman show 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The script by Nicholas Stoller and Eichner leans into the shtick Eichner has built as a loud, opinionated comic on “Billy on the Street” but creates room for a wounded, insecure hero. ‘Bros’ review: Making rom-com history — and then joining in it 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Now, the former prime minister — famed for his flair for the dramatic — is hitting the campaign trail with a new shtick. Israel’s Netanyahu campaigns aboard bulletproof ‘Bibibus’ 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Cannily mimicking the style and substance of the Childs’ shtick, they have attracted the fallen-away members of the Childs’ church to their own. ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.’ review: Wearing a smile while falling from grace 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The shtick was that Bill would stand shirtless in the piazza next to a buff, young “Adonis” while the busker polled the pretty young women in the crowd on who they would prefer. Perspective | When it comes to head-smacking coincidences, all the world’s a stage 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Their curious chemistry was undeniable, the show’s scribes loved the shtick, and so it stuck. How an improv moment sealed that curious Gerri and Roman chemistry on 'Succession' 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z “Inevitably, Scarborough broke out his ‘fascist’ shtick, using the term nine times in one exchange with Michael Steele in describing Trump and his followers. Republicans do the math on spending bill, IRS agents 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z This kind of shtick is readily identifiable to anyone who sat in the bleachers in gym class with a doctor’s note. Mike Birbiglia swims for his life in 'The Old Man and the Pool' at the Taper 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z But a bigger reason for caution is that, whether or not Mr. Jones remains personally enriched by his lies, his shtick is everywhere these days. Don’t Expect Alex Jones’s Comeuppance to Stop Lies 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z The fourth-wall-shattering shtick — a defining trait of “Saddles” — is most successful when trafficking in silly sight gags. Review | ‘Paws of Fury’ is a cuddlier ‘Blazing Saddles’ with talking animals 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z “The whole thing is just a shtick,” he said. Two years into WFH, we still don’t have our Zoom backgrounds right 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Using the same shtick, he rose to become a columnist, a magazine editor, a television commentator and a celebrity. Opinion | Boris Johnson’s fall shows the limits of shamelessness as a superpower 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z However, the biggest critique of Pusha T is that he’s one-dimensional and that his arrogant drug dealer shtick has grown stale. Pusha T could rap forever, but only on his terms 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Although he no longer possesses a copy of that effort, Bernstein recalls that “we made it consistent with the facts of our coverage, and we took out the shtick.” How ‘All the President’s Men’ went from buddy flick to masterpiece Lola sees his shtick as sort of affected, but realizes that on some level he really believes what he preaches, and the people around him really do. Sloane Crosley on cults, exes, big data and ‘Cult Classic,’ her hilarious ‘sendup of wellness culture’ 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z In a welcome sliver of self-aware shtick, the movie at least allows Goldblum to sum up the state of the franchise: “Jurassic World? Not a fan.” Review | ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ proves the saga’s ingenuity has gone extinct 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z And now with “Here Goes Nothing,” he’s taken his misanthropic shtick into the Great Beyond. Review | Steve Toltz’s novel about death, ‘Here Goes Nothing,’ is gravely funny 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z At the start of this rambunctious 90-minute production, two Black performers who are well-versed in minstrel shtick are hoping a white audience will be delighted enough by their routines to toss them some quarters. Review: The high-octane 'Tambo & Bones' scrutinizes the inescapable legacy of minstrelsy 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z His aversion to attention has always been part shtick, part personal code. Anthony Rendon, a World Series champ with the Nats, now feels a duty to teach 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Of course, “patriots” love them, macho shtick and all. Column: Sheriff Villanueva acts like he's above the law in L.A. County. What if he's right? 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Crystal understands this brand of self-mocking shtick so well that you instantly feel in the safest of hands. Review | Billy Crystal, bringing the funny in Broadway’s ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z She could also sing, not like Streisand, but in a style that made the songs as engaging as the shtick. Review: 'Funny Girl' still belongs to Barbra Streisand, but Beanie Feldstein is easy to love 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z A handful of other “rental” people have similar shticks, like a guy who gets hired to be treated to meals and a self-professed “ugly” guy who claims to boost others’ self-esteem. Rent-a-stranger: This Japanese man makes a living showing up and doing nothing 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z “He can be vicious and nasty, and he strikes the pose of a reactionary, but some of that is just shtick,” journalist Michael Kinsley told People in 1989. P.J. O’Rourke, conservative political satirist, dies at 74 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z I’m so grateful that we could spend the last couple of months together doing what we loved best – singing, laughing, and doing shtick. Micky Dolenz, last surviving Monkees member, to embark on tribute tour: ‘Like my brothers’ 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z In contrast to her, they leavened their shtick with old cartoons, their shows aired in the late afternoon, their coveted audience was older kids, and they were guys. In Seattle TV’s earliest years, Ruth Prins and ‘Wunda Wunda’ touched the youngest of hearts — indelibly 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Johnny’s glacial self-improvement — two good deeds forward, three six-packs back — could have become a mere shtick in another performer’s hands. How William Zabka turned 'Cobra Kai' into a comedy worth taking seriously 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z But Heyward said Leibner’s shtick stopped once he was seated across a negotiation table. After turning journalists into TV stars and millionaires, Richard Leibner signs off 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Belichick was doing his usual shtick with the media after the game. Bill Belichick dodges odd New Year's resolutions question after Patriots' loss to Bills 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z It’s not as if Wilson is above using shtick to shape his show — his voice-over is a beautiful one, deploying sinus noises and uncomfortable trailings-off to keen effect. The Genius Behind the Weirdest Show on TV 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z “He really wasn’t. He just turned a little switch under the piano. That was his little shtick.” Perspective | Uncovering the story — and the person — behind a 109-year-old photograph 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z And as she went through her shtick, the audience laughed. Perspective | The exhausting, soul-sapping meanness of Lauren Boebert 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z This shtick, which Barber calls “Challenge Accepted,” began in 2015 “as a fun experiment to see what it would look like for an average person to photograph herself doing rich-people things.” The Strange Effects of Putting an Ordinary Woman Into Glamorous Images 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z It was part of his after-dinner-speaker shtick — asking why it was snowing if the world was on fire. Boris Johnson used to mock ‘eco-doomsters.’ Now he’s a climate champion. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z If opening his innermost feelings can come close to shtick, at least he has them. Review: After cancellations in Europe, tenor Jonas Kaufmann brings his 'poison' to the Broad Stage 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z He gets really geeky about the irrigation, all that stuff, which is not really my shtick. What does mindfulness with plants look like? Justina Blakeney can show you the way 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z It can all be shtick all the way down, nothing beyond the shtick. Timothy Snyder warned us fascism was coming — now he says we can survive it 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z He would prefer for us to ignore the substance and remain intrigued by his shtick. Perspective | Rob Gronkowski, ever the big kid, is aging gracefully 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z The memory of that staging reminded me that it is possible to keep song and shtick as well poetry and politics in balance. Review: Liza plus Aristophanes equals the bedazzling camp of 'Lizastrata' at the Getty Villa 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z But it was just a little girl doing her shtick. The story of the Mariners’ Cotton Candy Girl lives on, five years after she became an internet sensation 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Scott first made his name as an irrepressible comedian of Washington radio trading in shtick and satire as half of “The Joy Boys.” Willard Scott, ‘Today’ show weatherman and resident merrymaker, dies at 87 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Scott first made his name as an irrepressible comedian of Washington radio trading in shtick and satire as half of “The Joy Boys.” Willard Scott, ‘Today’ show weatherman and resident merrymaker, dies at 87 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z I have an entire shtick around my love for escape rooms, including a deerstalker hat and tweed. How Rebecca Lee Funk of the Outrage would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z In stark contrast, we had four years of President Donald Trump’s “Speak loudly and carry a big shtick”; and now, President Biden’s “Speak softly and carry no stick.” Opinion | What we’re leaving behind in Afghanistan — and why we’re leaving 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z He hopes to ride his white supremacy shtick to the White House. Josh Hawley's deranged "Love America Act" is a testament to racist hatred 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Stephen Colbert joined the show in 1997 and elevated the correspondent shtick to an art form, Smithberg says: “We saw what comedy genius was up close.” How the women who created 'The Daily Show' were 'erased' from its legacy 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z His shtick might be saccharine, bordering on cloying, but it’s consistent. Russell Wilson and his clichés are back — and so, apparently, is his commitment to the Seahawks 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z I can imagine a world, for example, where the owners of the Saw franchise issue a takedown request against Behain for using their intellectual property — if the shtick doesn’t get old by then. Can Clubhouse keep the party going? 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The Chicken’s shtick was far more elaborate and edgy than previous mascots; sportswriter Jack Murphy once called it “an embryonic Charles Chaplin in chicken feathers.” The sense and nonsense of ballpark traditions: From sausage races to ‘Sweet Caroline’ His shtick was a winking grandiosity: He regularly told his listeners that he was “serving humanity.” Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio provocateur and cultural phenomenon, dies at 70 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z “There are very real limits to that shtick in rural Colorado, which is why she only won with 51%,” Penry said. A fluke or the future? Boebert shakes up Colorado district 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Crosby was in the dressing room of a Springfield, Mass., club when he began to develop his signature shtick. Norm Crosby, comedian who mangled words with great extinction, dies at 93 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Steward is one of those Trump voters who isn’t that put off by Trump’s behavior, which he feels is mostly shtick. The curious and lonely tale of ‘Seattle’s only Trump voter’ comes to an end 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z It has also threatened to strip her of her defining shtick. For Italy’s Masked Rap Diva, an Era of Face Coverings Poses a Dilemma 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Yet the claim of “outsider” is pretty typical political shtick. Opinion | The Trump Show is facing cancellation. It feels as if it’s already over. 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z In his love of insults, his penchant for hyperbole and his commitment to shtick — that knowing performance of himself that blurs the line between personality and persona — Trump is unprecedented among American presidents. How President Trump Ruined Political Comedy 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Up until the start of Wednesday’s vice presidential debate, I had been worried that Kamala Harris would fall victim to Mike Pence’s Midwestern-nice shtick, honed during his time as governor of Indiana. Column: Harris showed Black women how to be 'angry' and handle a condescending white man 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z It was that the stuff, the whole shtick, seemed so kitschy when her actual accomplishments were so subtle and substantive. Opinion | How Did a Young, Unknown Lawyer Change the World? 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z These are felicitously doled out, making the book voicey without congealing into shtick. Review: Mariah Carey's memoir is her best performance yet 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z It's a shtick that works for him as a cable news host. Tucker Carlson 2024: Is the Fox News superstar positioning himself as Trump's natural successor? 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Racism is a feature of the Trump shtick, not a bug. Opinion | It’s almost as if Trump is determined to destroy the Republican Party 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z “When I see Biden past the shtick, I see a guy who knows what loss is. Who knows grief. And I think that kind of grief humbles you,” Stewart said. Jon Stewart admits Biden wasn't his top choice, mocks ‘Uncle Joe shtick,’ but says he’ll support him 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z But after nearly four years of the same shtick, it got old. Perspective | The pandemic forced SNL to film remotely. The restrictions gave it new life. 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z In a clever rant in his Tuesday night show, Hayes flipped the script of Carlson's usual populist shtick. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes goes off on Fox News' Tucker Carlson for his "faux-populist ire" 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z “My shtick is I send Penelope emails, usually very late at night when I’ve gone down a rabbit hole, and they have one word with an exclamation point,” says Becker. At Criterion Channel, programming a movable movie feast 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Both of those camps really need to give their shtick a rest. Making peace with Joe Biden — whatever the hell that means 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Out of desperation, he decided to settle back into his old shtick, writing a food-based parody of Michael Jackson’s latest hit, the racial-harmony anthem “Black or White.” The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Trump's shtick as a celebrity in New York was the same one he used in his business. Donald Trump has tested positive — for the bulls**t virus 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z “Clover” draws on the long tradition of gangland farce, combined with a lot of shtick borrowed from Scorsese and Tarantino. Review: Deriviative, sure, but ‘Clover’ makes its Martin Scorsese/Quentin Tarantino moves work 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Especially when his shtick goes as over-the-top as it did on Sunday. Don't fall for Trump's effort to cast himself as the benevolent leader of a united country 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Benny’s comic shtick was that he was extremely stingy. Opinion | The crisis requires real leadership 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z The network, back then, was influential but also desperate for content, and Yankovic’s outsider weirdo shtick killed with its audience, so the network gave Yankovic four hours to fill with whatever he wanted. The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The “Community” and “Hangover” actor certainly has his fans, but his 2019 stand-up special, “You Complete Me, Ho,” was a tired recycle of his silly, filthy shtick — and his double-down on Asian stereotypes. Netflix Is a Joke Fest tickets are on sale. Here's what to see and what to skip 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Part of their memorable shtick came from Kramden’s playful banter towards Alice — and his will to shoot her up to the moon stands out as one of “The Honeymooner’s” most memorable quotes. Most popular sitcom catchphrases of all time, from 'Ayyyy!' to 'Hello, Newman' 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z “The whole shtick that the government played a role in creating this monster, uses him as an informant and then goes after him — that’s an argument that could affect one or two jurors.” “Whitey” Bulger juror says she regrets murder conviction 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Having ginned up outrage a couple of years ago over players’ supposed lack of patriotism, he now shows that it was all shtick to boost his political brand. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, Trump gave a State of the Union address that was an appalling mixture of bombast, mendacity and reality-television shtick. Opinion | Mike Bloomberg won the Iowa caucuses 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Several accusers say that was part of a Jekyll & Hyde shtick in which Weinstein would use charm to ingratiate himself, only to turn violent when he didn’t think he could get his way. Week 2 at Weinstein trial: Four accusers and a chihuahua 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z “It is part of his shtick and it’s working for him,” he said of the Twitter attack. Mitt Romney, a Man Alone 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Sure, there are some states and districts where Trump's dictator-adjacent shtick plays well with the cult, and getting his copy-and-paste endorsement might help run up the vote totals in solidly red precincts. Can John Bolton's revelations convince Republicans, at long last, to call Trump's bluff? 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z “He found his shtick at last,” says one historian. 'McCarthy' depicts an affable liar with fearsome power. Sound familiar? 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The shtick was that Trumbull was an older guy, married with kids, and Core was a single guy with a sports car, living in the city. Perspective | After five decades, radio’s Chris Core is stepping away from the microphone 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z On Dec. 14 and Dec. 21, Bundy-Jost will take her shtick mobile as part of the fifth annual “Evergleams on Eighth.” Manitowoc celebrates history of aluminum Christmas trees 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Johnson and Hart’s septuagenarian shtick is the main attraction, though, and they gleefully commit to “Saturday Night Live”-worthy impressions of DeVito and Glover. Review | ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ hits the reset button, with a fun but repetitive sequel 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Matt Vogel played the character, doing shtick in the Kennedy Center audience with Tom Hanks, who was on hand for the tribute to another honoree, actress Sally Field. Kennedy Center Honors will pay tribute to 'Sesame Street' puppeteer Caroll Spinney 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z With a delivery best approximated as a living checklist of stroke warnings, his bumbling posho shtick almost resembles buffering, a kind of 3G Wodehouse. Frankie Boyle’s election countdown: 'You’ll be praying they prorogue the next parliament' 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z The shtick begins with a thick-tongued, high-pitched voice, an affect that appears in many Sandler characters and is so bizarre that you have to wonder if he is parodying a type. Adam Sandler’s Everlasting Shtick 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Part of my shtick, at luncheons and dinner parties, is to say that women don’t really peak till 75 or 80. Chris Erskine: Lunch (and a selfie) with legend Angie Dickinson 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Sawant’s weak showing in the primary suggested that voters were tired of her shtick. Fresh start for Seattle City Council 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Corden's shtick is cuddly optimism so it makes sense that he would at least pretend on TV to believe she was telling them the truth. Of course Ivanka would compare Donald Trump to Thomas Jefferson — that's her job 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z It’s a sense of humor that is irreverent and heavy on folksy shtick, which wormed its way from Odessa to Kryvyi Rih and, later, to Brighton Beach. How Trump’s Emissaries Put Pressure on Ukraine’s New President 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Photo by Ben Rothstein The “young” Will Smith has an uncanny effect, but it would arguably be weirder to see a computer-generated version of his old shtick, performed by the actor in middle age. Gemini Man may be the future of blockbusters 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z His outfit also includes a bomber jacket for a shtick he developed involving the George Steinbrenner character from “Seinfeld” and the idea that everyone is trying to steal his recipe. Inside the Pizza Convention, the Cheesiest Event in Atlantic City 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Everyone fussed so much about Bradley Cooper grumbling his way through the fourth iteration of this movie last year, as if no one noticed that he borrowed his entire shtick from Kristofferson’s version. - The Washington Post 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Then again, the strongman shtick needs shows of strength to be credible. The verdict is in: Boris Johnson is a liar. And he should pay the price | Rafael Behr 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z He has this whole Midwestern personality, humble shtick. Welcome to "Kochland": We all live in the brothers' libertarian utopia 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Apart from looking like he cuts his hair with the bacon scissors, the PM’s shtick is bizarre and juddering, as though some of his innards are trying to escape. Dazed and confused, Johnson stumbles into the twilight zone with a police escort | Marina Hyde 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z He became a plastic surgeon instead of a funeral director because “the business wasn’t for me,” he said, lapsing into mortician shtick. At center of changing D.C., requiem for a funeral home that catered to African Americans 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z He soon turned his foibles into a permanent shtick, becoming an unapologetic stand-in for what he saw as old-world British habits and political views. Jacob Rees-Mogg Takes Brexit Lying Down 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Those not enamored of his shtick were convinced that he embarrassed himself in every one of these and “lost.” Opinion | Biden’s rivals won’t oust him in the debates 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Then there’s Marjan Šarec, in Slovenia, and Jimmy Morales, in Guatemala, both former comedians who abandoned their shtick in favour of the slapstick of governance. Boris Johnson will have us laughing all the way to the food bank | Will Self 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Part of what keeps us hooked is the so-called variability of rewards: what the US computer scientist Jaron Lanier calls “carrot and shtick”. The machine always wins: what drives our addiction to social media 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Yep, when a fantastic show falls a little too in love with its own musical shtick. You've heard of the Emmy Awards, now take in our top moments with the Envy Awards 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “I’ve been thinking for a long time that the president’s shtick might begin to wear a little thin,” Weld said. Trump critics eye GOP primary race, even if defeating him seems ‘preposterous’ 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z “I find a lot of Tristan’s shtick pretty annoying,” one of Harris’s former colleagues at Google told me. Silicon Valley’s Crisis of Conscience 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z His shtick has been about making the optimistic case for Trump, urging the president to emphasize uplift of the Forgotten Man rather than fear and racism. Opinion | The Scaramucci story ends like all the others: With a Trump tweetstorm 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The show’s shtick is relating food and cooking to family traditions and cultures, which it does by including participants with diverse ethnic backgrounds and geographical roots. What to watch with your kids: ‘Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable,’ ‘Molly of Denali’ and more 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z To further confuse us, butter brands employ marketing shticks, such as romantic pastoral packaging or bolded words that define their purported attributes. How to put fancy, high-fat butter to its best use 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z “I was there over 10 years. doing my little shtick on the wire,” Dimitri says, “but it became boring in the sense that I wanted to do more.” The high wire of going it alone in ‘One Man Circus’ 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z It would be equally naive to bank on Johnson discarding the shtick that got him to the summit once he reaches it. To defeat Boris Johnson, learn the lessons of Donald Trump | Jonathan Freedland 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z The character may be tiny but his big shtick is hard to resist. Review: Tessa Thompson aside, 'Men in Black: International' is a globe-trotting mediocrity 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z A large part of Rainbow’s shtick is inserting himself, pink glasses perched on his nose, into interviews with, say, the president, or Ivanka Trump, or Conway. How Randy Rainbow reinvented political satire for the YouTube age 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z I’ve been watching Bill’s unique blend of enthusiasm, naiveté, joie de vivre, and comedy shtick since I first met him after moving to Seattle 30 years ago. Bill Nye: fables, facts and f-bombs 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Wilson does her usual pratfall-y shtick; Hathaway plays with accents and mostly looks uncomfortable. ‘The Hustle’ review: Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson can’t save this lazy mess of a con caper 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z This narrative voice, garrulous and aggrieved, spares us none of Lenny’s grandiosity and offstage rages, or his panicked “premonition of failure” and secret inability to believe his own shtick. Hippies and Yippies in Historical Fiction 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Trump, with his “enemy of the people” shtick, might talk like Joseph Stalin, but — fortunately — he governs more like Homer Simpson. Opinion | Mueller’s findings: Too stupid to conspire. Too incompetent to obstruct. 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Inslee’s campaign said part of the governor’s shtick is not shtick at all, just a fact of his personality. ‘One of your top 20 choices’: Democratic presidential candidates find breaking out of record field is tough 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z His shtick caused plenty of amusement at the Republican Jewish Coalition event Saturday but it was a far cry from the reality of the masses at the border. AP FACT CHECK: Trump mocks migrants, retreats on health care 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z This was not your standard strange Washington bedfellow shtick, in other words. We’re All Stuck Inside George and Kellyanne’s Marriage 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The NCAA, in its never-ending effort to try to distract people during the endless TV timeouts that pockmark its basketball tournament, has initiated new shtick to entertain fans early in each game this year. Perspective | Tom Izzo and Michigan State were in complete control vs. LSU 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Their whole shtick was a wink and a nod to racists: Keep those calls coming, they seemed to say. Donald Trump is running for president as a flat-out racist 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z |
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